Genesis 49:18
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18 I wait for your salvation, O Lord.(A)
Psalm 119:174
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174 I long for your salvation, O Lord,
and your law is my delight.
Psalm 119:166
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166 I hope for your salvation, O Lord,
and I fulfill your commandments.(A)
Micah 7:7
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7 But as for me, I will look to the Lord;
I will wait for the God of my salvation;
my God will hear me.(A)
Isaiah 25:9
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9 It will be said on that day,
“See, this is our God; we have waited for him, so that he might save us.
This is the Lord for whom we have waited;
let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.”(A)
1 Thessalonians 1:10
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10 and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead—Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath.(A)
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Luke 2:25
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25 Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; this man was righteous and devout, looking forward to the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit rested on him.(A)
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Psalm 130:5
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5 I wait for the Lord; my soul waits,
and in his word I hope;(A)
Psalm 40:1
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Psalm 40
Thanksgiving for Deliverance and Prayer for Help
To the leader. Of David. A Psalm.
1 I waited patiently for the Lord;
he inclined to me and heard my cry.(A)
Galatians 5:5
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5 For through the Spirit, by faith, we eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness.(A)
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Romans 8:25
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25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.
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Romans 8:19
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19 For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God,
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Luke 23:51
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51 had not agreed to their plan and action. He came from the Jewish town of Arimathea, and he was waiting expectantly for the kingdom of God.(A)
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Luke 2:30
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30 for my eyes have seen your salvation,(A)
Luke 1:30
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30 The angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
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Mark 15:43
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43 Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the council who was also himself waiting expectantly for the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.(A)
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Matthew 1:21
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21 She will bear a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”(A)
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Lamentations 3:25
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25 The Lord is good to those who wait for him,
to the soul that seeks him.(A)
Isaiah 36:8
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8 Come now, make a wager with my master the king of Assyria: I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to set riders on them.
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Isaiah 33:2
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2 O Lord, be gracious to us; we wait for you.
Be our arm every morning,
our salvation in the time of trouble.(A)
Isaiah 30:18
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God’s Promise to Zion
18 Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you;
therefore he will rise up to show mercy to you.
For the Lord is a God of justice;
blessed are all those who wait for him.(A)
Isaiah 8:17
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17 I will wait for the Lord, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob, and I will hope in him.(A)
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Psalm 123:2
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2 As the eyes of servants
look to the hand of their master,
as the eyes of a maid
to the hand of her mistress,
so our eyes look to the Lord our God,
until he has mercy upon us.(A)
Psalm 119:41
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41 Let your steadfast love come to me, O Lord,
your salvation according to your promise.(A)
Psalm 85:7
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7 Show us your steadfast love, O Lord,
and grant us your salvation.
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